In hopes of finding a replacement for versatile Renaldo Hill, lost in free agency this week to the Miami Dolphins, the Oakland Raiders signed former Baltimore Pro Bowl cornerback Duane Starks to a free-agent contract Thursday.

Starks, a former first-round pick taken No.10 overall in 1999, played for New England last season but for the third time in four seasons, had his season cut short by injuries.

Groin, knee and leg injuries limited him to 10 games in 2002 with Arizona. An ACL tear ended his 2003 season in August. Coincidentally, he was replaced in Arizona by Hill, who played in nickel and dime coverage for Oakland last year before being moved to strong safety as a starter.

Last year, a shoulder injury landed Starks on injured reserve in New England, and he appeared in only seven games, starting six. He was released in late February.

The University of Miami product has 25 career interceptions, returning two in the regular season for touchdowns. He also returned an interception for a touchdown for Baltimore in the Ravens’ 34-7 win over the New York Giants and Kerry Collins in Super Bowl XXXV.

Starks, 31, is believed to have agreed to a contract calling for the veteran minimum.

Meanwhile, former Oakland franchise cornerback Charles Woodson, whose name has been notably absent from free-agency speculation the past month, was in Tampa on Thursday night for a visit with the Bucs and his former coach, Jon Gruden.

Because the Bucs have both their starting cornerbacks under contract, they could be interested in shifting the 29-year-old Woodson to free safety.

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